Minority Women and Forced Migrations: A comparative study of flight and settlement experiences of women Refugees in India and Australia

Authors

Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase, University of Wollongong
Roberta Julian

RIS ID

24204

Publication Details

Ganguly-Scrase, R. & Julian, R. (2008). Minority Women and Forced Migrations: A comparative study of flight and settlement experiences of women Refugees in India and Australia. In D. Gopal (Eds.), India-Australia Relations: Convergences and Divergences (pp. 70-89). New Delhi: Shipra Publications.

Abstract

This paper draws attention to the factors and experiences of displacement and the ways in which women cope with forced migration and resettlement. Through our comparative analysis of the resettlement experiences of women within the developing countries in the South Asian region and women from the Asin region who have settled in Australia, we challenge and problematise the various bureaucratic categories of 'the displaced' (such as political refugee, economic migrant, asylum seeker, illegal immigrant).